GeorgeSeton, 5th Lord Seton was born in 1531.3 He was the son of GeorgeSeton, 4th Lord Seton and ElizabethHay.4 A contract for the marriage of George Seton, 5th Lord Seton and IsabelHamilton was signed on 2 August 1550.3,4 He died on 8 January 1585/86.3 He was educated at FranceG.4 He succeeded as the 5th Lord Seton [S., 1451] on 17 July 1549.1 He partipicated in an ordinance between 1557 and 1559; Provost of Edinburgh.4 On 17 December 1557 he was appointed by the Scottish Parliament to attend the marriage of Mary Queen of Scots with the Dauphin of France.4 He held the office of Master of the Household to Mary Queen of Scots in 1563.4 In 1568 he fled to Low Countries after Mary Queen of Scots defeat at the Battle of Langside.4 He was a waggoner between 1568 and 1570.4 He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.) [Scotland] in 1573.4 He held the office of Scottish Ambassador to France in 1583.4

ArchibaldDouglas, Earl of Angus was born circa 1609.1 He was the son of WilliamDouglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas and Hon.MargaretHamilton.1 He married, firstly, LadyAnneStuart, daughter of EsméStuart, 3rd Duke of Lennox and KatherineClifton, Baroness Clifton (of Leighton Bromswold), between November 1629 and May 1630.2 He married, secondly, JeanWemyss, daughter of DavidWemyss, 2nd Earl of Wemyss and Hon.AnnaBalfour, on 26 April 1649.2 He was also reported to have been married on 16 August 1630. He died on 16 April 1655 at Edinburgh, Midlothian, ScotlandG.1 He was also reported to have died on 16 January 1655.3 He was styled as Lord Douglas between 1613 and 1633.1 He was styled as Earl of Angus between 1613 and 1633.1 He was styled as Earl of Angus between 1633 and 1651.1 He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.) [Scotland] in May 1636.1 He held the office of Extraordinary Lord of Session [Scotland] between 9 February 1639 and 13 November 1641.1 Between 1646 and 1653 he succeeded his brother to the command of the Douglas Regiment in France, but spent most of this time in Scotland.2 He was created 1st Lord Bothwell and Hartside [Scotland] on 3 April 1651, but also did not pass the Great Seal.1 He was created 1st Earl of Ormond [Scotland] on 3 April 1651, but did not pass the Great Seal due to Cromwell's invasion of Scotland.1 He had another son and two daughters by his first wife.3 He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of Nationary Biography.4

[S2] Peter W. Hammond, editor, The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda (Stroud, Gloucestershire, U.K.: Sutton Publishing, 1998), page 2. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage, Volume XIV.